Chris Epting has written regularly for many outlets including the Los Angeles Times and the Huffington Post and is also the author of more than 30 pop culture/travel books including James Dean Died Here, and Led Zeppelin Crashed Here. He has also co-written memoirs with John Oates, Phil Collen and Leif Garrett among others. Originally from New York, he's lived in California since the mid-1980s and is still madly in love with the music of his youth.